
A historian tells the dramatic and heart-breaking story of the desperate attempt by a small band of Nez Perce Indian men, women and children to survive against the white man's encroachments on their land and their way of life.

In Let Me Be Free, David Lavender tells the tragic story of the Nez Perce struggle against annihilation. Encroaching settlers and violent disputes resulted in the Nez Perce War of 1877, a desperate attempt by Chief Joseph and his small band of Nez Perce Indians from the Wallowa...

